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TUAW Exclusive: Aaron Patzer on the future of mobile finance, Mint.com, and Quicken on the Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 17th, 2010)

To the dismay of many, Mint sold to Intuit in September 2009 for $170 million. I say dismay because many users of Quicken products had been less than thrilled with Intuit's offerings for some time, and some people were concerned what a twenty-year-old company that seemed stuck in its ways would do ...

HarperCollins pressuring Amazon to hike Kindle prices

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2010)

The iPad is still a few months away from actual release, but it already has publishers scrambling to be in the right place when the revolution comes. First, Amazon gave in to Macmillan's bid to raise prices on their own store, and now HarperCollins is putting the pressure on that same site to raise ...

Evernote's CEO: 5k new users a day, but retention is a problem

by Mike Schramm (Jan 13th, 2010)

Mashable's Ben Parr sat down at CES with Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, which is not only a TUAW favorite, but acts as your "external brain," saving little clips and bits of information both collectible from and accessible by any device you happen to have with you. We love the app, and while it isn't ...

TUAW exclusive: Makers of Aurora Feint unveil new game, codenamed "VSL"

by Mike Schramm (Oct 20th, 2009)

Aurora Feint was one of the iPhone's first big games, way back in the early days of the App Store. Since then, the company behind that first hit has added on a few different games in the same universe, each with their own separate features and focus, but all in the same vein of puzzle-based RPG. ...

Exclusive from 360iDev: OpenFeint 2.1 released, over 200 games in App Store

by Steven Sande (Sep 29th, 2009)

This afternoon I had the opportunity to talk to Jason Citron and Eros Resmini of Aurora Feint, the company behind the OpenFeint social gaming platform. At 360iDev, Aurora Feint announced the availability of OpenFeint 2.1 to the developers on hand, as well as touting that over 200 active games using ...

TV exclusives taking movies off of iTunes?

by Mike Schramm (Dec 12th, 2008)

Has your favorite movie gone missing from iTunes or Netflix lately? The reason could be television, says CNET -- apparently a slew of movies on iTunes and Netflix's streaming service have recently fallen prey to television exclusive agreements. With the onset of Apple TV and apps like Boxee making ...

O2 may not be aboard the iPhone train

by Erica Sadun (Jul 5th, 2007)

According to this Dutch-language report, O2 says it does not have an iPhone contract with Apple to distribute the iPhone in England The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland not including her overseas territories. A spokesman denied signing a contract and would not discuss any ongoing ...

The Beatles to be exclusive to iTunes Store?

by Scott McNulty (Nov 27th, 2006)

Apple and the Beatles have a long, litigious history. As you may be aware, the Beatles created a record label on which they sold their music. The name of that label? Apple. Apple Computer, many years ago, agreed not to sell music so that there would never be any confusion between the two companies. ...

Limited edition iTunes gift cards at Target

by Scott McNulty (Jul 28th, 2006)

Limited edition iTunes Music Store gift cards that you can collect and trade with your friends? That's right, and they're exclusively available [Ed. note: this link is now broken, sorry for the inconvenience] at Target. Cards featuring Jewel, Kanye West, James Blunt, Mariah Carey, Hoobastank, ...

Incase releases exclusive New York commemorative case line

by David Chartier (May 22nd, 2006)

iLounge is reporting that Incase has pulled out all their case-making stops and introduced a complete lineup of cases for Apple products that commemorate New York and some of its major landmarks. To top things off, these cases are exclusive to the new 24/7 5th Avenue Apple Store that opened last ...